The green RJ-45-to-RJ-45 ATM-25 cable connects the Cisco 1401 router through a DSL modem to the ADSL line. This cable must be a Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. The cable that came with your router is Category 5 and is shown in Figure C-1. The signal associated with each pin is described in Table C-1.

The purple RJ-11-to-RJ-11 ADSL cable connects the Cisco 1407 and Cisco 1417 routers to the ADSL line. This cable must be a Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. The cable that came with your router is Category 5 and is shown in Figure C-2. Cable pinouts are described in Table C-2. Pins 2 and 5 are used for data.

The purple (with a blue stripe) RJ-11-to-RJ-11 POTS crossover cable connects the Cisco 1407 and Cisco 1417 routers to POTS splitters that use pins 3 and 4 for data. (The Cisco 1417 router uses pins 2 and 5 for data.) This cable can be ordered from Cisco. If you provide your own cable, it must be a Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. The orderable Cisco cable is Category 5 and is shown in Figure C-3. Cable pinouts are described in Table C-3.

This section describes the yellow RJ-45-to-RJ-45 Ethernet cable used to connect the router to your local Ethernet network. This cable is shipped with the router. The signal associated with each pin is described in Table C-5.